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Are you head of a 1-person development office - or a nonprofit executive director - needing to do it all "faster, smarter, better?" Create sustainable funding systems for your organization in 20 hours a week or less. Pamela is author of Five Days to Foundation Grants and the creator of Simple Development Systems, a member of the AFP, a contributing member to CharityChannel & a guest panelist of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

I’m a Food Network junkie and one of my favorite Food Network Stars has always been Paula Deen. Paula’s the Southern charmer who begins every recipe with either stick of butter or a cup of mayonnaise, throwing in plenty of “ya’alls” for good measure.
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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Awhile back I did a poll on the biggest fears grantwriters face in writing a grant proposal.
Not surprisingly approaching...

It’s been six weeks since you spent considerable time and effort researching the regional foundations and sending out eight new proposals in support of a planned educational initiative on behalf of your three-year-old community arts organization.
So when the phone rings and it’s program officer Samantha...

We all learn differently.
My daughter, Samantha, is a visual learner and an avid reader. She has always learned best by reading. My other daughter, Abigail, on the other hand, has never cared for reading. She learns best in the classroom or a one on one setting and has always appreciated audiobooks.
I...

President Roosevelt, coming into office in the midst of the desperate years of the Great Depression, set the standard for new presidents to make their marks within their first 100 days in office.
And, like FDR, incoming President Barack Obama enters the White House at a time of great crisis with his...

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